Management Accountant

Oxby Recruitment Ltd; Beaconsfield; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Oxby Recruitment Ltd in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Management Accountant to consolidate and analyse financial data, deliver monthly management accounts, and advise the board. You will oversee budgets, cashflow forecasting, and cost analysis across a small finance team, reporting to the Financial Controller and supporting joint venture partners.

The role requires strong analytical skills, knowledge of general ledger, forecasting and compliance, and a professional qualification such

Qualifications

• Significant accountancy or auditing experience with management accounts preparation.
• Well organised and flexible, able to adapt and take on additional tasks.
• Experience overseeing a company's financial control and reporting activities.
• Strong analytical skills and knowledge of general ledger, budgeting, forecasting and compliance.
• Good interpersonal skills and understanding of business and financial issues.

Responsibilities

• Prepare monthly management accounts from trial balances within 10 working days of month-end.
• Review WIP and loan accounts, perform accruals and prepayments.
• Carry out reconciliations for all GL accounts and investigate differences.
• Produce P&L, balance sheet and cashflow reports for management and joint venture partners.
• Prepare statutory accounts and liaise with auditors and tax accountants.
• Forecast cash and budgets, analyse variances and support cost efficiency recommendations.

Skills

Management accounting

Education

ACCA/CIMA/ACA preferred

Job description

The Company:

A well established, highly profitable, owner managed business based in Beaconsfield. With a reputation earned by producing, a high-end, prestigious product range built over 30 years in business.

The Role:

Reporting to the Financial Controller, the Management Accountant will support the business by consolidating and analysing financial data, preparing reports, and providing strategic information and advice to the board and joint venture partners. This process-driven role includes preparing monthly management accounts, statutory accounts, budgets, profit and cashflow forecasts, cost analysis reports, and providing recommendations for cost efficiencies.

Duties include:

Management Accounts & Reporting

• Prepare monthly management accounts from trial balances within 10 working days of month-end.
• Review WIP and loan accounts
• Accrual, and prepayment adjustments
• Reconciliations for all GL accounts and investigating any differences.
• Costs of sales adjustments
• Detailed variance analysis for gross margin and overheads
• Prepare reports for management and joint venture partners (P&L, balance sheet, cashflow statements).

Statutory Accounts & Tax

• Prepare statutory accounts for all group operating companies.
• Prepare corporation tax computations and liaise with auditors and external tax accountants.

Cashflow & Business Planning

• Prepare detailed short-term (6-month) cashflows weekly and reconcile cash to date.

Budgets

• Prepare annual group overhead budgets and analyse variances as part of Management Accounts preparation.

About You:

We are looking for an experienced Accountant who will thrive in a small Finance Team by taking ownership and accountability of the Management Accounts function. We are completely open minded on Qualification and industry background. Ideal expereicene in:

• Significant Accountancy or Auditing role and experience in a Management Accounts preparation.
• Well organised and flexible, being able to adapt to and willing to take on additional or alternative tasks as required.
• Experience of overseeing a company's financial control and reporting activities.
• A recognised professional qualification from a professional institution, such as ACCA, CIMA or ACA is preferred.
• Strong analytical skills along with knowledge of general ledger, budgeting, forecasting, accounting standards and compliance regulations are essential.
• Acting as the link between finance and other disciplines within the Group, you will also need to possess good interpersonal skills and have a good understanding of business and financial issues.